Breastfeeding Self-efficacy and Factors Associated with Failure in Breastfeeding among Cesarean Mothers: A Case-control Study
Ivy M. Pawid, Cheryll M. Bandaay · 2026
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Pawid and Bandaay studied in 2026 what drives breastfeeding failure and confidence after caesarean delivery in Mountain Province, Philippines. Post-caesarean mothers often struggle to breastfeed, and confidence, called self-efficacy, varies widely. The case-control study enrolled 181 mothers from two municipalities between October 2023 and January 2024.
Older, more experienced mothers who visited health facilities more often, and whose babies had normal birth weight, were more confident and fed to six months. Young first-time mothers had low self-efficacy and needed the most support. Failure clustered in mothers under twenty-four, working mothers, and those with low confidence. The authors direct nurses' attention to those three groups first. Their instructional materials aim to help nurses promote breastfeeding where the risk of early failure is highest.
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| CREATOR | Ivy M. Pawid, Cheryll M. Bandaay |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 34 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |